Mutable Instruments Plaits User Manual

An additive mixture of harmonically-related sine waves.
HARMONICS: number of bumps in the spectrum. Starts with one big bump, and progressively adds
ripples around it.
TIMBRE: index of the most prominent harmonic. This control is somewhat similar to the cutoff frequency
of a band-pass filter.
MORPH: bump shape – from flat and wide to peaked and narrow. This control is somewhat similar to the
resonance of a band-pass filter.
AUX: variant including only the subset of harmonics present in the drawbars of a Hammond organ
(frequency ratios of 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12).
Four banks of 8x8 waveforms, accessed by row and column, with or without interpolation.
HARMONICS: bank selection. 4 interpolated banks followed by the same 4 banks, in reverse order,
without interpolation.
Bank A: harmonically poor waveforms obtained by additive synthesis (sine harmonics, drawbar organ
waveforms).
Bank B: harmonically rich waveforms obtained by formant synthesis or waveshaping.
Bank C: wavetables from the Shruthi-1 / Ambika, sampled from classic wavetable or ROM playback synths.
Bank D: a joyous semi-random permutation of waveforms from the other 3 banks.
TIMBRE: row index. Within a row, the waves are sorted by spectral brightness (except for bank D which is
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Mutable Instruments Plaits Specifications

General

Polyphony	Monophonic
Synthesis Methods	FM, Granular, Wavetable, Noise
Outputs	Audio output
Dimensions	12HP
Gate Inputs	1x Trigger Input
Controls	Morph